February 26, 2013

Tuesday Inspiration

Inspiration is all around us, and can be interpreted
in so many different ways. We have chosen one image, and asked a handful of our
designers to create a layout based on the inspiration piece. It's always fun to
see what part of a piece a designers finds inspiring, and how
they translate that into their designs.

I loved both the ribbon and the colors in this
inspiration image. I chose the Engaged At Last collection and the Love And
Marriage collection for my layout. These collections matched perfectly with the
colors in the image. I also added a gray feather and a pink heart crochet. They
are new products from Bella Blvd and so cute!

It's not often that I create a layout
with my husband in it and even rarer if I am in the shot too! But I
couldn't let an opportunity, using the gorgeous Kiss Me collection, go past,
without documenting how he proposed to me. I love the colors in the inspiration
image and especially the cute bow. But it was the background detail of the
photo that caught my eye. I was inpired to recreate the cartography style
lines with the chevron patterned paper. The white flag and the vertical
lines of the pink and white straws were also incorporated into my design.

When I
saw the beautiful image from this month’s inspiration challenge I immediately
thought of banners, banners, and more banners. I adored the soft muted tones,
so I tried to bring those soft colors into my layout. I included soft pink and
grey but also bought in some other colors to make my project pop a bit more. I
decided to make my own banner flags. I grabbed a couple of decorative pins, cut
some banner pieces from pattern paper then added pop dots under the banner
and adhered them to my page.

I created this layout based on the
color challenge, I sort of read between the lines (colors) a little bit. I
rarely get to play with shades of pink, so I was more than happy to participate
in this challenge. I added lots of pink layers with chipboard, stickers and
buttons. While I really like adding lots of layers, I also enjoy creating
little clusters of embellishments on my layouts. I love how all of the elements
complimented my photo of this beautiful momma to be.

This was such a fabulous
inspiration image to create from! I was inspired by everything from this photo!
From the straws, all the way to the printed background. I embellished with
flags and circular punched pieces of paper, keeping the photo and clustering
low on my layout like the ribbon is in the photo. I added my title so it
resembled the flags mixed in with the straws. It is so great to be able to pull
so many different Bella products and make them work together
effortlessly!

We hope you will take some
creative time for yourself, and try out our inspiration image! Whether it's a
card, or a layout, we would love to see what you come up with. You can link
them here in the comment section, or share them on our Facebook page.

Comments

I am so impressed with all of these! I LOVE Sheri Feypel's layout and in honor of the recent academy awards...I think the award for best embellies of 2013 goes to Bella for those crochet hearts , awesome washi, and those feathers! I am bookmarking this post for future scraplifting!